Today marks the 17th anniversary of the launch of ZooChat. I was hoping to have the site ready for upgrade by now - but there's still quite a bit of work to do I'm also way behind on the stats reports - haven't done the 2019 calendar year stats yet either. Here is a short summary of our 17th anniversary stats to keep you going until I can get more done: 1. Overview as of 19th October 2020 17 years since launch 17,164 users registered 36,877 threads started 649,927 posts written in threads 444,330 media items uploaded 407,499 media comments written 1,057,426 total posts 7,711 valid members are permitted to post 5,577 users have posted 72.3% of our valid members have posted 189.6 average posts made per user 62 members have made 50% of all posts 1.1% of posting users have made 50% of all posts 5,515 members made the other 50% of posts 1,356 users have uploaded media 17.6% of our valid members have uploaded media 327.7 average media uploads per user 27 members have uploaded 50% of all media items 2.0% of uploading users have made 50% of all uploads 1,329 members made the other 50% of uploads Previous anniversary stats: ZooChat is 16 years old! ZooChat is 15 years old! - ZooChat Previous calendar year stats: ZooChat 2018 stats - ZooChat Other relevant stats threads: 4 Jun 2020: 1,000,000 posts and 6,300 active users 13 Nov 2018: 900,000 posts and 4,500 active users 18 May 2017: ZooChat has 800,000 posts and 9,700 members 24 Jan 2013: 500,000 posts on ZooChat 21 Jul 2011: 1,200 zoos! 4 Apr 2010: 100,000 / 1,000 / 100 5 Aug 2009: 2000 Members 7 Jul 2009: 50,000 photos 9 Dec 2008: 500 zoos 24 Nov 2008: 20,000 photos 6 Sep 2008: 15,000 photos!
Wonderful site; personally, my favourite. It’s a great community, where everyone always seems to learn something. I’m very thankful to be here. Congratulations on 17 years @Simon Hampel.
Great site, some questionable decisions although everyone makes mistakes, overall great community and I hope that 17 years grows even more and this forum continues to flourish.
Wonderful news! This is my favorite website by a country mile! Truly one of the greatest places for zoo, animal, or conservation fans and enthusiasts. Congrats to 17 years and here’s hoping for 17 more.
ZooChat is an amazing site and some of those statistics are a bit surprising. Having only 27 members that have uploaded 50% of all media items is eyebrow-raising, along with the fact that 62 members have made 50% of all posts. Wow!
Look at the top bar: Forums, Media, Resources, Maps, Members. If you click on the last one, Members, you will get a list of who has made the most posts (and you can click another tab for most media, etc). I am surprised to see that my posts surpass even my friend @snowleopard . (However when it comes to media he has me beaten and clocks in at the number two position).
Given the fact you are one of the two primary culprits responsible for most of that 50% your eyebrows need not raise too high
I'm glad to have discovered this site and really enjoyed participating in it for the last few years. Happy 17th ZooChat!
